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Do English skills affect Muslim immigrants' economic and social integration differentially?

Yuksel, Mutlu; Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Guven, Cahit - 2019

This paper estimates the returns to English-speaking fluency on the socioeconomic outcomes of childhood immigrants. We further investigate whether Muslim childhood immigrants face additional hurdles in economic and social integration into the host country. Motivated by the critical age...

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Immigrant category of admission and the earnings of adults and children : how far does the apple fall?

Warman, Casey; Webb, Matthew; Worswick, Christopher - 2018

Immigrants in many Western countries have experienced poor economic outcomes. This has led to a lack of integration of child immigrants (the 1.5 generation) and the second generation in some countries. However, in Canada, child immigrants and the second generation have on average integrated very...

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Australia's immigration selection system and labour market outcomes in a family context: evidence from administrative data

Guven, Cahit; Lan Anh Tong; Yuksel, Mutlu - 2020

Tax and Migrants Integrated Dataset and Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset. We find that primary skilled visa holders …

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Do English Skills Affect Muslim Immigrants' Economic and Social Integration Differentially?

Yuksel, Mutlu; Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Guven, Cahit - 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059111

Australia's Immigration Selection System and Labour Market Outcomes in a Family Context: Evidence from Administrative Data

Guven, Cahit; Tong, Lan Anh; Yuksel, Mutlu - 2020

Tax and Migrants Integrated Dataset and Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset. We find that primary skilled visa holders …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270055

Trends in the returns to social assimilation : earnings premiums among U.S. immigrants that marry natives

Furtado, Delia; Song, Tao - 2014

Previous studies show that immigrants married to natives earn higher wages than immigrants married to other immigrants. Using data from the 1980-2000 U.S. censuses and the 2005- 2010 American Community Surveys, we show that these wage premiums have increased over time. Our evidence suggests that...

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Trends in the Returns to Social Assimilation : Earnings Premiums Among U.S. Immigrants that Marry Natives

Furtado, Delia - 2014

Previous studies show that immigrants married to natives earn higher wages than immigrants married to other immigrants. Using data from the 1980-2000 U.S. censuses and the 2005-2010 American Community Surveys, we show that these wage premiums have increased over time. Our evidence suggests that...

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Immigrant selection systems and occupational outcomes of international medical graduates in Canada and the United States

McDonald, James Ted; Warman, Casey; Worswick, Christopher - 2011

We analyze the process of immigrant selection and occupational outcomes of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in the US and Canada. We extend the IMG relicensing model of Kugler and Sauer (2005) to incorporate two different approaches to immigrant selection: employer nomination systems and...

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From engineer to taxi driver? : language proficiency and the occupational skills of immigrants

Imai, Susumu; Stacey, Derek; Warman, Casey - 2018

We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …

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Immigrants' wage growth and selective out-migration

Bijwaard, Govert; Wahba, Jackline - 2014

previous literature. We distinguish between two types of migrants: labor and family migrants given their different labor market …. Controlling for the selective out-migration and endogeneity of labor supply, we find that labor out-migrants are positively … selected but family out-migrants are negatively selected. Furthermore, the findings underscore the importance of taking into …

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